Manpower

Andrew Love: To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how many staff are employed by the Commission in each Directorate; and how many staff are engaged in the Commission on work on the compliance with notification of political donations by hon. Members.

Peter Viggers: The Electoral Commission informs me that the number of staff employed in each directorate as at 30 June 2008, measured in full-time equivalents (FTE), was as follows:
	
		
			  Directorate  Staff in post (FTE) as at 30 June 2008 
			  Chief Executive and Directors 7.0 
			   
			  Deputy Chief Executive 36.2 
			 Legal advice and implementation of boundary review changes 7.92 
			 Commission Secretariat, strategy and Planning 5 
			 Research 3 
			 Scotland office (Edinburgh) 6 
			 Wales office (Cardiff) 5.81 
			 Northern Ireland office (Belfast) 6 
			 Business Support 2.47 
			   
			  Electoral Administration and Boundaries 41.95 
			 Electoral Administration 10 
			 Performance Standards 4 
			 North of England office (York) 3.55 
			 South of England office (London) 3 
			 South West office (Exeter) 3 
			 Midlands office (Coventry) 3 
			 Boundary Reviews 11.4 
			 Business Support 4 
			   
			  Communication 28.0 
			 Public awareness campaigns 5 
			 Public inquiries 3 
			 Partnership Grants 3 
			 Publications and Websites 5 
			 Media Relations 5 
			 Parliamentary and Public Affairs 4 
			 Business Support 3 
			   
			  Finance and Corporate Services 22.5 
			 Finance 4.5 
			 Human Resources 5.5 
			 Information and Communication Technology 7 
			 Facilities and Procurement 4

Military Aircraft

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the average number of  (a) planned and  (b) actual flying hours for aircraft was in each year since 2001;
	(2)  what the average number of  (a) planned and  (b) actual flying hours for the (i) Harrier GR7, (ii) Harrier GR9, (iii) Tornado GR4, (iv) Tornado F3 and (v) Typhoon aircraft was in each year since 2001.

Bob Ainsworth: There is no requirement to hold data on average flying hours. The planned and actual flying hours for fixed wing aircraft from all three services in each year since 2001 are broken down as follows:
	
		
			Financial Year 
			2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Jaguar Planned 12,543 12,996 13,260 11,247 9,156 3,576 0 
			  Actual 11,877 12,007 11,440 10,348 7,185 3,512 (1)500 
			 Sea Harrier Planned 5,633 6,219 6,219 4,491 1,980 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 4,843 5,563 5,347 3,506 1,404 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			 Harrier T8 Planned 925 925 925 925 463 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 682 595 656 592 338 (2)Out of service Out of service 
			 Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 Planned (3)15,282 (3)14,809 (3)15,424 (3)15,024 (3)13,890 (3)15,424 (3)14,550 
			 Harrier GR 7 Actual 12,073 12,079 10,527 11,768 11,110 13,010(4) 13,231(4) 
			 Harrier GR 9 Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in Service 475 (4)— (4)— 
			 Harrier T10/T12 Actual (5)n/a (5)n/a (5)n/a 1,358 1,482 (4)— (4)— 
			 Tornado F3 Planned 24,193 23,022 26,406 22,026 18,805 17,114 13,704 
			  Actual 20,922 21,515 23,231 20,066 17,613 14,245 11,850 
			 Tornado GR1/4 Planned 26,366 (3)26,058 29,044 28,600 26,438 28,260 28,279 
			  Actual 22,497 (3)25,908 29,017 26,766 28,071 30,518 26,984 
			 Typhoon Planned Not in service 399 580 1,260 3,380 8,438 11,700 
			  Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service 345 2,160 4,713 8,518 
			 Tristar Planned 9,561 9,561 9,561 10,561 11,191 11,561 11,561 
			  Actual 10,824 10,603 8,879 8,657 7,693 8,398 9,008 
			 VC10 Planned 11,550 11,550 11,550 10,550 9,920 9,550 9,550 
			  Actual 12,345 11,413 13,145 10,773 11,814 10,452 9,670 
			 Bae 125 Planned 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 
			  Actual 2,403 2,526 2,553 2,414 2,393 2,391 2,636 
			 Bae 146 Planned 1,080 1,080 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 
			  Actual 1,195 1,052 791 827 1,026 1,303 1,085 
			 Hercules C1/3/4/5 Planned 36,709 37,458 37,458 34,958 34,958 34,958 34,958 
			  Actual 39,834 39,871 35,173 30,640 27,906 28,836 27,647 
			 C17A Planned 3,000 3,000 4,000 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 
			  Actual 3,377 5,745 5,592 5,727 6,375 7,087 6,921 
			 JetstreamT2/T3 Planned 4,675 4,675 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 4,875 
			  Actual 3,752 3,865 4,129 4,402 4,085 4,339 4,583 
			 Jetstream T1 Planned 5,851 5,854 5,867 (6)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 4,678 4,862 3,667 (6)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			 Islander AL1 Planned (7)n/a (7)n/a (7)n/a 2,759 2,760 2,760 2,760 
			  Actual 2,228 2,302 2,396 2,112 1,908 1,857 1,621 
			 Islander CC2 Planned 800 800 800 1,200 1,600 1,600 1,600 
			  Actual 945 890 952 908 1,563 1,609 1,519 
			 Nimrod MR2 Planned 10,689 10,580 10,580 9,980 8,000 8,000 8,000 
			  Actual 11,042 10,387 10,759 10,898 8,060 6,882 6,634 
			 Nimrod Rl Planned 1,743 1,250 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 1,915 
			  Actual 1,536 1,302 1,356 1,220 1,385 • 1,160 1,415 
			 Sentry AEW1 Planned 4,446 4,134 4,134 4,586 4,898 5,210 4,785 
			  Actual 5,274 6,077 3,955 3,285 3,561 3,247 3,000 
			 Sentinel R1 Planned Not in service Not in service Not in service 100 1,600 2,400 1,835 
			  Actual Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service Not in service 16 625 
			 Dominie Planned 5,448 5,425 5,275 5,275 4,650 4,150 4,150 
			  Actual 4,353 4,445 4,593 4,199 4,048 3,527 3,283 
			 Hawk Planned 31,745 32,382 32,362 27,022 25,997 28,278 22,480 
			  Actual 26,562 27,341 29,148 25,785 25,340 24,320 22,681 
			 Tucano Planned 25,706 25,578 25,248 16,500 14,660 16,385 14,855 
			  Actual 19,892 21,389 22,154 16,166 12,608 11,970 12,939 
			 Bulldog Planned n/a (8)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			  Actual 403 (8)Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service Out of service 
			 (1) Jaguar withdrawn from service August 2007. (2) Sea Harrier and Harrier T8 was withdrawn from service in 2006. 3. Harrier planned Figures are combined for Harrier GR7,GJA9andT10/2. (4) Harrier actual Figures FY 06-07 & FY 07-08 are the combined totals for all Harrier variants GR7, GR9, T10/12. (5) Harrier T10/12 figures before FY 04-05 are no longer available. (6) Jetstream Tl was withdrawn from service in 2004-05. (7) Islander AL1 planned figures are not available before FY 2004-05. (8) Bulldog was withdrawn from service in 2002. (9) Canberra PR9 and T4 were withdrawn from service by 2006. 
		
	
	All figures included in this table relate to in-service aircraft, and does not include any pre-service flying. Figures for each helicopter type are being provided by Land Forces in the answer to PQ 03877U. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), Contracted aircraft, and gliders have not been included. The Harrier figures have been collated as a combined total after FY 2005-06, and therefore it is not possible to split them into separate figures for GR7 and GR9 as the information is not held in that format.

Prisoners Release

Elfyn Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many people convicted of an offence of  (a) violence and  (b) domestic violence have been released on end of custody licence from Welsh prisons;
	(2)  how many people have been released on End of Custody Licence from Welsh prisons since 27 June 2007;
	(3)  how many people convicted of offences involving domestic violence have been released on end of custody licence since 27 June 2007.

David Hanson: The following table gives the available information on numbers of prisoners by offence group, who were released under the end of custody licence (ECL) scheme from 29 June 2007 to 31 May 2008 in total, and from Welsh prisons:
	
		
			   Releases on ECL 
			  Offence categories  Total  From Welsh prisons 
			 Violence against the person 5,468 245 
			 Sexual offences 8 0 
			 Robbery 668 28 
			 Burglary 2,609 153 
			 Theft and Handling 6,563 259 
			 Fraud and Forgery 551 10 
			 Drug offences 1,218 61 
			 Motoring offences 3,529 211 
			 Other offences 7,778 427 
			 Offence not recorded 487 24 
			 Total 28,879 1,418 
		
	
	Domestic violence is not a specific offence. Offenders who commit domestic violence are charged with a generic offence of assault. It would not be possible to identify the number of prisoners convicted of domestic violence related offences without examining individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.
	Data for all prisons is published monthly, in the statistical bulletin End of Custody Licence releases and recalls, available from the Library of the House and the Ministry of Justice website at the following address:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/endofcustodylicence.htm.
	These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.